Minus Thermic

No photos yet, but I've got a fuselage done...and learnt the skill of microsurgery! This model is tiny.

I've made some progress...almost ready to cover.

A lot of time has been spent fettling in order to fit a cheap servo. This model is designed around the Ripmax SD100 servo, which is a great little servo but expensive at £20. Attached images show how this servo fits perfectly in the space for the aileron servo, but the much cheaper Turnigy 1370A is too tall. A little (quite a lot actually) head scratching and a couple of hours later and it all fits now. Images should be self-explanatory, but the main 'bodges' involve removing some of the fuselage floor and cutting away the wood above the servo arm. A new servo tray was shoe-horned in too. All of this would have been easier to do before making the fuselage, but I had no idea how to fit it all in until after construction.

The Turnigy servo arm is shorter than the ones supplied with the Ripmax SD100, so I have also sanded to sides at a sharp angle to allow the aileron pushrods to move without binding. Time will tell if I got it right...now for some covering!!

Only allowed 4 attachments, so here's the last...

Nice work on the servo Mike

, I still havent decided what to do to yet, but might just bite the bullet and buy the recommended servos

Fuse is covered in white and one wing is finished, just need a small piece of black covering for the hatch

I will get the other wing finished tomorrow / Friday and all that is left is the covering and radio install

Has anybody got approx 1 meter of covering in a bright colour that they would like to sell ??(Orange or red would be good)

Nice work boys trouble is I blinked and it's finished

I didn't like the wire method of holding the hatch in place, so made up a magnetic solution.